Work on this project is contingent on funding. So far, project participants have identified over one hundred and twenty geographic sites and have already visited twenty of them, inputting data entries in both English and Coeur d'Alene languages. In the first seven months of the project, the team collected information that included fourteen hours of raw video, eighteen hours of raw audio, and approximately six hundred and sixty digital still photos. All raw information is captured in digital form and archived in its original recorded state. Edited video and audio clips will be attached to GIS maps for use in other computer presentations such as Power Point and websites.

For more information, contact
John Hartman
Coeur d'Alene Tribal GIS
850 A Street
P.O. Box 408
Plummer, Idaho 83851
Phone: 208.686.8402
Fax: 208.686.1901
E-mail: hartmanj@cdatribe-nsn.gov

Debate is on going regarding public access to all data because certain Tribal sites, such as burial grounds, are culturally sensitive information, which require Tribal protection. Therefore, the information continues to be preserved, but how this sensitive information will be distributed is still under consideration. The GIS format makes the Tribe's cultural history accessible to the next up and coming generations. Through interactive maps, a viewer can mouse click on a map site, which then drills in for closer inspection. Information drops down about the site offering perhaps up to three or four perspectives that might include a story told by an elder in both Coeur d'Alene and English, a history, as well as the site's videos and slides. Most Tribal GIS data will be served across the Tribal Intranet and placed on CD ROM for the planned local museum's kiosk.

© Coeur d'Alene Tribe 2001